{"id":4475,"date":"2014-12-06T00:14:49","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T00:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=4475"},"modified":"2014-12-06T00:14:49","modified_gmt":"2014-12-06T00:14:49","slug":"tis-the-season-to-be-jolly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=4475","title":{"rendered":"Tis&#8217; The Season To Be Jolly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Begin Second Life Destination Link --><\/p>\n<div id=\"sl-dg-widget\" style=\"border: 1px solid #2c2e30; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; height: auto; width: 450px; display: block; background-image: none; background-color: #2c2e30;\"><a style=\"border: none; color: #5cb192; display: block; margin: 0; padding: 5px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/secondlife.com\/destination\/2014-christmas-expo-winter-breedables-fair?sourceid=dgw1\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 440px; display: inline; border: initial none initial;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lecs-destinations-secondlife-com.s3.amazonaws.com\/img\/13987\/547d10c310e56655307817.jpg?w=525\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"color: #5cb192; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; padding: 6px 0px 3px 2px; margin: 3px 0px 0px 0px; border: initial none initial;\">2014 Christmas Expo &amp; Winter Breedables Fair<\/h1>\n<p style=\"border: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 7px 5px 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px 3px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; color: #bbbbbb;\">The 2014 Second Life Christmas Expo &amp; Winter Breedables Fair offers 12 days of shopping, hunts, live performances, and winter fun! This returning eight-sim event is in support of Relay For Life of Second Life. For more information, be sure to visit https:\/\/slchristmasexpo.wordpress.com\/.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"sl-dg-widget-btn\" style=\"-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 0px 1px 3px 0px; background-color: #ff5c00; background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(#FFB23F), to(#FF9A03)); border-bottom-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.246094); border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; cursor: pointer; color: white; display: inline-block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; height: 20px; line-height: 20px; margin: none; outline-color: white; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; padding: 3px 0 5px 0; position: relative; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.246094) 0px -1px 1px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 100%; border-width: 0px;\">Visit in Second Life<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"dgw-pix\"><\/span><!-- End Second Life Destination Link --><\/p>\n<p>On a lighter note, the\u00a0Christmas Expo &amp; Winter Breedables Fair for Relay for Life of Second Life has now been open for a couple of days and includes some fantastic builds and Christmas themes.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Expo by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/15955321885\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7557\/15955321885_0c3bab61f1.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Expo\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The regions contain Christmas Trees! They also contain a radio stream to make you want to let it snow, actually it has snowed there, a lot!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"SL Xmas Expo by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/15768050250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7533\/15768050250_205801806d.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SL Xmas Expo\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The expo is part of the Relay For Life fundraising effort and Linden Lab have happily joined in the spirit of good will to all men (and women) with <a title=\"Blog Post\" href=\"http:\/\/community.secondlife.com\/t5\/Featured-News\/Christmas-Expo-amp-Winter-Breedables-Fair-for-Relay-for-Life-of\/ba-p\/2872476\" target=\"_blank\">a blog post <\/a>in which they point out :<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Returning for a 4th year &#8211; the expo kicks off today &#8211; December 4th- and runs through December 15th, 2014. Coordinated and sponsored by residents who wish to help fund a charitable organization with a festive event, this event intends to make the gift of giving memorable and fun.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This joyful happening helps raise funds for Relay for Life of Second Life &#8211; with 100% of registration fees, sponsorship feeds, kiosk donations, hunt, raffle, auction, and vendor donation items going to Relay for Life of Second Life &#8211; part of the American Cancer Society.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>There will plenty of activities for you to participate in; from two tree lots filled with beautifully decorated trees from some of the best designers, auctions, live performances and DJs, to pictures with the man himself &#8211; Santa!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Exciting times indeed!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Christmas Expo by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/15953363501\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8572\/15953363501_e73ef79f1f.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Christmas Expo\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hunts, entertainment and a packed <a title=\"Events Schedule\" href=\"https:\/\/slchristmasexpo.wordpress.com\/events-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\">events schedule<\/a> await visitors.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Chatting With The Dwarfins by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/15769601077\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7561\/15769601077_68f6500965.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chatting With The Dwarfins\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Naturally I found my way to The Dwarfins exhibit. I mean, how could I not, female Dwarfins, ale, dancing, I mean come on!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Chatting to Kettra Rockbeard by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/15769602527\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7508\/15769602527_8cffb1e8f8.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chatting to Kettra Rockbeard\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However Kettra Rockbeard is made of stern stuff and refused my advances, this was despite me putting on my best dancing moves known to any Dwarfin ever!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Dwarfins Crowd by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/15768051090\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7530\/15768051090_7b69715cb7.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dwarfins Crowd\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The expo runs until December 15th and is definitely worth a visit.<\/p>\n<p>SLURL To The Expo :\u00a0<a title=\"SLURL To Expo\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Xmas%20Expo%203\/210\/253\/23\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Xmas%20Expo%203\/210\/253\/23\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=4475\" data-via=\"Ciaran_Laval\">Tweet<\/a><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2014 Christmas Expo &amp; Winter Breedables Fair The 2014 Second Life Christmas Expo &amp; Winter Breedables Fair offers 12 days of shopping, hunts, live performances, and winter fun! 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